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Originally Posted by Kevin M
Also, taller tires reduce your freeway economy, because they reduce at-the-wheels torque and (probably) drop the engine speed farther from the torque peak, so you end up needing more throttle. They definitely hurt your acceleration.
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Then just drive around in 4th!
It's not goint to be as much of an improvement on a 5 speed but it certainly would be on my old Volvos which were all 4 speeds. On the 5MT, I think it would shift your optimum gas milage speed from around 55mph to around 58 mph if I had to guess, but I hear what you're saying. It's not going to help at the lower speeds, that's for sure.